Doctor Gets 4 Years For Prescription Sales

April 25, 1986

A Waukegan physician was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $6,850 Thursday for illegally selling prescriptions for controlled drugs to addicts and others for $10 each. Lake County Circuit Judge Lawrence Inglis imposed the sentence on Dr. Rama Sundaresh, 40, who was found guilty by a jury on Feb. 5. Evidence presented at the trial by Scott Gibson and David DeRose, assistant state`s attorneys, showed that undercover state agents bought drug prescriptions from Sundaresh in his office at 212 S. Utica St., Waukegan, between May and July, 1985.